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2018 Inland Empire County Championships by Mark Gardner 2018 Inland Empire County Championships By Mark Gardner In what has become the premier Track & Field event of the Inland Empire, welcome to the 15th edition of the Inland Empire Championships! The best of Riverside County comes together with the best of San Bernardino County to showcase one of the strongest Track & Field hotbeds in the United States. Pound for pound, the Inland Empire has become the most competitive region in California and you will be witness to that talent this weekend. The 2017 CIF Southern Section Finals saw the Inland Empire earn 27 individual CIF titles along with 27 runner-up finishes. Furthermore, we also witnessed five relay squad titles come back home. On the boys’ side, Great Oak is the mid-season favorite to capture the SS-Div. I title and has the inside track to the State Team Title right now. Reflecting back, the Broncos of Vista Murrieta were the CIF Division I Boys Champions from 2010-2013 only to see Southwestern League rival, Great Oak, bring home the titles in 2014 and 2016. Drafting off those national powers’ success, nearby Rancho Verde took the team title in 2017 while on their way to the California State Team Title! The two previous seasons, Vista Murrieta came back home with the championship hardware. At the Division I CIF Finals in 2016, the top four squads (GO, VM, RV and MLK) all hailed from Riverside County. In 2017, five of the top six squads descended from the Inland Empire with Rancho Verde, Great Oak and Roosevelt claiming the top three spots, respectively. The SS-Div. I Team Champion has come from Riverside County the last eight seasons. For the Division I girls in 2017, four of the top seven squads came from the Inland Empire with Great Oak settling for the 2nd place plaque by a mere four points behind Long Beach Poly. Over the past two decades, only two schools were able to break the dynasty set forth by the Long Beach legacies (Poly and Wilson) – both from the IE. Rancho Verde’s girls turned the trick in 2007 while Great Oak did so in 2016. Could it happen again here in 2018? Upland’s girls have come into mid-April as the mid-season team favorite for the Division I team title with Great Oak not too far off their heels. Vista Murrieta High School will host the meet in 2018 once again. With the meet being the genesis of Chris Drescher of the Finished Results timing firm, he formed a collaborative meet committee that has come together to take this invitational to another level. With a more consolidated schedule this year, this meet runs as efficient as any other. You will be entertained by a slew of California State Meet qualifiers and CIF Finalists while the top squads and individuals in the Inland Empire clash for bragging rights and supremacy. The top athletes are bouncing back from the Arcadia Invitational last weekend and with league finals less than three weeks away, the very best are fine tuning to step it up to another level in May! The overall depth, especially in the boys’ sprints, is staggering. We expect to see most meet records challenged on all levels while you do not want to overlook those future stars at the Frosh/Soph level! Girls 3200 Meters – Meet Record: Destiny Collins 10:46.94 (Great Oak) 2014 With the cooler temps prevalent in the morning air, we begin the meet with the Varsity Girls 3200 meters. While some of Great Oak’s national class distance runners rest up this weekend, Yucaipa sophomore Danielle Gee has also dipped under that coveted 11 minutes. Taking 2nd place this past XC season in Div. I as a team, Vista Murrieta’s senior duo of Annabelle Werner (11:07) and Nadine Dubon (11:11) will flirt with that 11 minute threshold while Serrano’s Vanessa Walton (11:14) will stay on their shoulders all throughout. Big Bear junior Kaia Hoak (11:17) was a Div. IV CIF Finalist a year ago. Murrieta Valley senior Arabella Reece (11:17), Shadow Hills’ junior Nyah Chavez along with Roosevelt’s Paloma Barron (11:20) will all be right there in that chase pack behind our race favorite. Reece (5:07) has shown considerable improvement in the 1600 and will look to steal the show here in the 3200. We have a huge group all coming in with 11:25-11:35 credentials that will also be pushing for those medals. Boys 3200 Meters – Meet Record: Spencer Dodds 9:02.30 (Great Oak) 2016 The IEC has been blessed the past two seasons with opening the meet up with a 9:02 meet record back in 2016, only to see seven boys all finish within the 9:15-9:25 window a year ago. With our 2018 version having a lot to live up to, Vista Murrieta’s Edgard Villa will look to defend his home turf. The senior qualified for the Cross Country state meet this past Fall while also possessing sub-4:20 speed for the 1600. The Vista Murrieta senior is the only one coming with 9:20 credentials and will have to be at his best in May to advance onward in the postseason. Shadow Hills’ senior Isaiah Gonzalez (9:37) along with the Etiwanda’s Ivan Mejia and Valley View’s Juan Nunez, both juniors, will lead the charge in working to use Villa dip under 9:30. Girls 400 Relay – Meet record: Rancho Verde 46.32 (2007) We suspected that Upland has something special brewing in the preseason, but last weekend cemented that. Led by senior Jada Hicks, Upland erupted for a 45.78 clocking at the Arcadia Invitational. This is now #3 in the United States and #1 in California by almost a full second! Even with their ‘B’ team, Upland has posted a 46.54. So, watch out for that meet record! Murrieta Mesa has emerged as one of the best 4x100 Relay squads in Southern California. Their 48.19 on this same track three weeks ago has the crew ranked #9 in the Southern Section. Junior Chioma Okonkwo will lead the Rams. Our defending champions, the Mya Green-led group from Carter came home with a 48.65 last month. Bolstered by Deja and Mariah Allain, La Sierra recorded a 49.44 at the California Relays last month. With several squads splitting their ‘A’ teams up between the varsity and F/S levels, Citrus Valley has run to a 49.59 while Great Oak, Oak Hills, and Vista Murrieta will all be right there fighting behind our two favorites. Boys 400 Relay – Meet record: Rancho Verde 40.74 (2017) The Inland Empire owns seven of the top nine 4x100 relay squads in the Southern Section! With memories of the last two post seasons in their minds as motivation, Rancho Verde waited until the Arcadia Invite to reveal their true arsenal. Their 41.49 clocking is now #1 in California and just off the Riverside County all-time Top 10 list. But, right on their outside, Murrieta Mesa has emerged as one of the best in the state as well. The Christian Shakir-led 41.67 effort last weekend now has them at #3 in the state. But with one hiccup in exchanges, Yucaipa anchor Asani Hampton (42.09) will take advantage and bring home the victory. With Yucaipa ranked #6 in the Southern Section, Great Oak, Etiwanda and Vista Murrieta have also dipped under 42.40 this season as a 42.92 was the last to qualify into this elite session. This is just a preview of what we have in store for the individual boys’ sprints later! Girls 100 Hurdles – Meet Record: Jordie Munford 13.96 (Rancho Cucamonga) 2011 We have a slew of California’s best loaded in the middle of the track for this affair. The Inland Empire boasts four of the top five in the Southern Section this season. Temecula Valley’s Danae Dyer took 3rd at the Arcadia Invite with a new personal best of 13.68. This elevates her to #2 in California and now ahead of Roosevelt’s Breanna Bernard Joseph (14.02 this season). Dyer has been a state meet finalist the past two seasons while BBJ finished ahead of her in last year’s finale. Not so much in their shadows anymore, Carter senior Mya Greene brought home a 14.20 from Arcadia and now owns the #5 wind-legal time in the state. Even with Upland’s Jada Hicks sitting this out, Upland is #1 in the United States in the Shuttle Hurdles for a reason as freshman Jordyn Grady along with senior Kennedy Smith makes up half that crew. Grady produced a 14.64 wind-legal effort at Arcadia last weekend while Smith brought home a 15.02 (two wind-aided efforts under 14.90 this season). ML King senior Sarah Ann Frank broke that coveted 15 second barrier several weeks ago while Carter’s Mariah Stewart has recorded a 15.05 wind-aided effort at the Mt. Carmel Invite last month. This is THE most loaded girls’ event on the docket for the 2018 IEC. Boys 110 Hurdles – Meet Record: Torrey Atkins 14.13 (Heritage) 2014 This race is wide open in regard to our favorites. With the 110 Hurdles being down across the section this season, Vista del Lago’s Jaden Ellis (14.98) and Roosevelt’s Lucas Anotado (14.96) lead the way here. Anotado has experienced the most improvement of any boy in the area.
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